A LIMITED CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 1 (NEAR THE 60-THOUSAND 500 ACRE SOBERANES FIRE) WILL TAKE PLACE TONIGHT. DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WIND (AND THEREFORE FIRE) ACTIVITY IN THE SOBERANES FIRE, HIGHWAY 1 WILL BE CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC FOR A WHILE BETWEEN PALO COLORADO ROAD AND NORTH COAST RIDGE ROAD. THAT CLOSURE WILL BE IN-PLACE FROM 10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT, UNTIL AT LEAST 6 O’CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. THAT CLOSURE WILL BE CONTINUALLY RE-EVALUATED, BASED ON FIRE CONDITIONS AND THE THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE FIRE IS 45 PERCENT CONTAINED…..AND THE MORE THAN 5,000 FIREFIGHTERS FIGHTING THE WILDFIRE HOPE TO HAVE IT FULLY CONTAINED BY AUGUST 31ST.
RESIDENTS OF PRINCESS CAMP AND PALO COLORADO WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TODAY, BUT SOME HAD NO HOMES TO RETURN TO BECAUSE MANY OF THE 57 HOMES THAT WERE DESTROYED WERE IN PALO COLORADO CANYON.
THE EVACUATION ORDER FOR BIG SUR RESIDENTS EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 AND SOUTH OF GRAVES CANYON HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN EVACUATION WARNING.
EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR RESIDENTS EST OF HIGHWAY 1 FROM COAST ROAD DOWN TO COAST RIDGE ROAD….AND ALL OF COAST RIDGE ROAD.
MORE THAN 400 HOMES REMAIN THREATENED ALTHOUGH FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE A COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 100 HOMES OVER THE WEEKEND.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 4 BASE CAMPS FOR FIREFIGHTERS FIGHTING THIS WILDFIRE. THEY ARE AT TORO PARK, RANCHO CANADA, PFEIFFER STATE PARK, AND IN GREENFIELD.
